Hailing from Philadelphia, Mike Bishop is a producer, composer, arranger, sound designer, and music educator teaching and creating for scholastic, collegiate, and independent artists and organizations worldwide. Mike is the sound designer for Carolina Crown and Front Ensemble Arranger for the West Chester University Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band. He has designed or served on the education faculty for other notable groups including United Percussion, Rhythm X & The X Academy, The Company Performance Ensemble (UK), Crossmen, George Mason University, Cedar Park HS Timberwolf Band, Redline, Blue Stars, Paradigm Percussion, and the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band.
As a producer, Mike is experienced in working with songwriters, editing and creating soundtracks for podcasts, radio and TV commercials, dance teams, and color guards, as well as samples and sound effects for the pageantry arts. He has composed and arranged hundreds of works for various scholastic, collegiate, independent, and corporate programs.
Mike proudly serves on the Education Committee for the Philadelphia chapter of The Recording Academy (GRAMMYs). He has presented educational clinics and masterclasses at Music For All’s Bands of America Summer Camp, the Texas Bandmasters Association Annual Convention, Western Carolina University Summer Symposium, West Chester University Incomparable Marching Band Workshops powered by Vivace, and throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Mike is a member of both the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America and Quaker City String Band.
In May 2024, Mike graduated Summa Cum Laude as class Valedictorian with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Production from Full Sail University.